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  1. Acquired yesterday...[ no plans to join circus......yet] More news soon.......
    22 points
  2. My 305 reached a destination for the first time in 24 years presumably, thanks to @garbaldy for the replacement engine.
    15 points
  3. Not much going on here now waiting for parts. But the lift pump was sent from Germany today so I hope to receive it next week. But I got to work a little on the boot floor today. This is among the most rusted parts of the car and it is probably thanks to the gasket on the boot lid being bad. So started with this. Started first with the fun job of removing the sound dampening mats This was the result afterwards. The next step was to remove the plate for the towbar Which I'm glad I did as this was under. The next thing was to wire wheel everything and this was the result after that There were 4 small pin holes that appeared from this, but apart from that it is very solid in this area. The next thing is to grind down the difficult areas with the Dremel and then clean everything and then follow the instructions for what I will apply.
    14 points
  4. Unexpected rust in the sill edge ended up being an easy and quick repair, even got it done before the thunderstorm arrived. Got to wait for the thunderstorm to leave before I can put it all back together again. and then I think I'm MoT ready.
    12 points
  5. maxxo

    2003 C5 exclusiveness!

    Ah yes, newness
    12 points
  6. Hmmm well I’ve been following this thread with interest. Ive always fancied a BAM 225 but in the end a 3.2 DSG batted it’s high maintenance eyelashes at me, at a price that was too tempting (yes ive Bought a cheap one as usual) It also had not to be silver, because. I collect it this weekend.
    10 points
  7. Next job was a bit more frivolous. One of the side repeaters was very very dim, in fact you could only see it at night. This might have something to do with it. On top of that the lens had gone opaque and closer inspection showed lots of micro cracks. It looked as though it could dissolve at any moment. So I found a nice set of smoked lenses on ebay, complete with backplates and new wiring, and even the little grommet that goes in the inner wing. These look better. And match the smoked rear lenses. These were standard on later cars. Which are only slightly spoiled by the big orange blobs inside. These are actually separate orange plastic inserts. This seems excessively over engineered, I'm sure orange indicator bulbs were available by 1993. A few years ago I managed to get a set of clear side repeaters for the blue car. And these match the clear rear lenses. I don't just throw these things together, it is all carefully planned. Though I must admit I'm a bit surprised that aftermarket lenses are available at all for such a niche car. These came from ebay in this country but I suspect they are made in China for the Czech market where there is obviously a much bigger following. In fact a courier stopped his white van outside our house this afternoon and said "you never see Favorits any more and you've got two of them!" in an East European accent. Turns out he was from Slovakia and he started telling me about buying a Škoda 105 back home for 50 euros. If only. Old and new(er) lenses compared.
    9 points
  8. maxxo

    2003 C5 exclusiveness!

    To give you all an idea how fresh and new this thing feels this is a stalk and the key like new
    9 points
  9. PhilA

    1966 Plymouth Fury 3

    Adjusted the carb a little, now it'll start up by itself just by hitting the starter, and idles.
    9 points
  10. Well, the beer drinking won the competition! I apologise for the lack of chod spotting, but it averaged a peak temperature every day of 37c and it was just too hot to go out. A bit of car hunting for my friend was all I managed. Did manage to get pulled by Les Flics on my way into Lemans one day for a routine check. Checked my licence, log book and insurance and cheerfully waved on my way. Good job they did not ask about the MOT . Still, gives me something to do next visit. I did manage to get the grass cut, mainly early mornings and late evenings, and the front bit is looking really green and lush This photo was taken at 5pm local time yesterday (Monday) A mere 29c but as the sun came out it got warmer. Drove the back roads to Calais for the tunnel, some 300 miles with the top down. Fantastic run. In contrast, this was taken in Dundee waiting for my pre booked MOT at 0755 this morning at 13c and raining. Why did I come back again???? I think the AA are stalking me and leaving vans in a convenient location to save time/miles when I call them Fortunately, the car passed with a few minor advisories. Now safely back home, with the Saab having covered 2645 miles in the last 2.5 weeks, 963 last night, gained a remap and an MOT, never missed a beat and did 34 mpgees on the way to somerset and post remap has averaged 36 since. Great car, very happy with it! Thanks to @marky-mark for selling it to me. Now it has a fresh MOT and I have been underneath for a good poke around, as is usual I can start improving it (which translates as spending lots of uneccessary money on it to get rid of the advisories).
    9 points
  11. Well that has to be the easiest heater blower I've ever pulled out from a car. One Philips screw inside the housing after the cover has been unclipped. Took a minute tops to get out. I've left it sitting with the rear bearing submerged in penetrating oil to see if I can get it freed off. It will actually spin under its own power now, but only slowly. It's quite rusty so may be beyond help. I have also drowned the linkage for the air distribution a d temperature controls in penetrant too as they are quite well jammed up just now. Found the first apparent bit of "interesting" bit of historic wiring...wonder what this used to do. Something quite interesting (if you like finding off all details) I spotted today was this detail between the windscreen and dash. That triangular textured section is actually part of the windscreen seal itself. Couple of better photos from today when I wasn't trying to dash out and back in because of the heat. Really doesn't look untidy from the offside. Have had a couple of folks who have advised they could help with the state of the doors on the nearside so hopefully have a quote for sorting that out. With the worst of those dents out and the paintwork on the front valance sorted it will look quite presentable. Aside from the seats and headlining needing a good clean the interior is in surprisingly good shape. The sound deadening having dropped and the marks showing historic water ingress point at some corrosion on the battery tray, though that shouldn't be too hard to fix. Plus even after sitting outside over winter there was no real sign of damp in the car (aside from in the boot) shows very little water is actually getting in. Everything in the back looks good - though I'll really need to get rear seat belts installed. Probably going to be the car which makes me get a wet and dry vacuum cleaner as the front seats are crying out for it. Definitely looking forward to getting to drive this car now... though we're still a ways from that. Hopefully will actually have something useful done shortly though.
    8 points
  12. I've been putting a fair few long days into this recently - when the weather hasn't been suitable for polishing I've been building up around the new mattress. We could have ordered the mattress to fit the space exactly, but it's already more than long enough, and there's the risk that folk would bang their heads underneath the bottom curtain rail/window sill. So first I built a lightweight framework on either side. It looks like it'll be far too flimsy, but by bonding on a plywood skin with PU adhesive, it's actually really stiff. This is the finished result, after finally getting the correct fire rated cover on the mattress. The first time, they made it with the correct fabric but the wrong label! Looking forwards to having a night in it to test it out properly! The weather has been very un-Welsh, so I've made progress on the polishing too. The second pass is now complete on one side, although I still need to work on the edges around the windows. It's taking less work than the first pass, so I'm feeling a bit more positive about the task.
    8 points
  13. PhilA

    1966 Plymouth Fury 3

    I'll just leave this here.
    8 points
  14. [SIZE="7"][COLOR="Red"]FIRST SHAKEDOWN ROADTEST[/COLOR][/SIZE] Took it to the farm for a first shakedown run. It is light, skittish and the front end tracking etc all need proper setting. However, being as light as it is, this thing feels plenty fast, a bit of Sh!t off a shovel brisk. VIDEO: https://youtu.be/RXpSpILkwuU I am really pleased with it at this point. A few more bits to complete, then MOT I must be honest, I would have loved to hear my dad’s comments on this, both seeing it and driving it.
    7 points
  15. Thanks for looking! Had half an hour spare this afternoon for a couple of simple jobs. Surprisingly the blower motor does seem to have freed up, so that was reinstated and left to run for half an hour or so under careful observation. The bearings are definitely a bit grumbly so it will ideally want replacement, but it's working for now. Seems to be shifting plenty of air even on low, though both speeds do now work. While staying in the vicinity to keep an eye on the blower to ensure it didn't burst into flames I was successfully able to free off the temperature blend flap in the heater box, so the temperature control now works properly. I've confirmed that it does action supply hot or cool air properly depending on the position as well rather than just the lever moving and doing nothing. I think a new set of heater hoses should probably be on my shopping list. Mmm...crusty. Though after 44 years I think we can forgive that and say they've done their time. Think in the interests of reliability I'll be looking to change all of the coolant lines. I need to pop the aux belt off and check to see how the bearings in the water pump sound, as something is making a bit of noise, most noticeable when the engine stops. Reckon it's either the water pump or the alternator. Spotted this light in the boot somewhat at random. Though I haven't the foggiest idea where it's meant to be switched from. I can't see a switch in the boot and the wiring just vanishes into the main loom. It doesn't seem to be tied to either the headlights or main interior light circuits as far as I can tell. The windscreen washer bottle is predictably full of pond scum so has been removed from the car and been left with a dishwasher tab in it for a few hours in the hope some of it can be loosened off. We'll see how that comes up.
    7 points
  16. Asimo

    Fall in used car sales

    This is true. All of the money has been spent over the last 40 years or so, and the British economy now depends on entirely on finance. When I first saw those TV adverts about personal credit ratings I was confused by something utterly outside my experience. But now I get it; punters don’t spend their money, they havn’t got any. They spend their credit allowance. A lifetime in consumer debt is just serfdom re-branded.
    7 points
  17. Varela Berlineta, a Fiat 600-based sports car from Argentina. They also built this Dauphine based thing called the Varela R:
    7 points
  18. paulplom

    The new news 24 thread

    Spotted next to where I was working today. A lovely Jap sports car and some beige, shite kit car.
    7 points
  19. maxxo

    2003 C5 exclusiveness!

    It’s been collected! oh god it’s good! Just grabbing some lunch before heading home, I’ll get more pics once home
    7 points
  20. Another collection in progress.
    6 points
  21. Thinking about it more resulted in this piquing my curiosity so I had to go looking properly for the answer. No wiring into the boot lid on the Mk I. Though I do appear to be missing a bolt. Investigation showed that we had a permanent 12V feed to the red wire. Then a bit more standing on my head found the switch. It's quite small and was masquerading as simply a grounding point from any normal viewing angle. It's a normally closed switch which is depressed by the hinge when the boot lid is closed. Turns out we had dirty contacts in the switch, the power feed connector and at the bulb itself. After cleaning all of those up... Success! Of course there was a very important test to also carry out. Yes, it does actually switch off when the lid is closed. Mystery solved. Given it's currently full of bleach, very much forbidden! Just put an order through to Autodoc for about £200 of bits, would rather have got them locally but none of the local factors I tried could (or were willing to try looking at the paper catalogues) find anything beyond the oil and filter...so there we go. Only parts I *know* I currently need beyond this to get the car roadworthy will be front brake calipers (or an overhaul kit if I'm lucky), a rear silencer (or at least a bracket for the currently fitted bit of pipe), and a set of tyres. The list of additional things it would be *sensible* to change however is rather longer!
    6 points
  22. PhilA

    1966 Plymouth Fury 3

    I went rummage to see if I had the gearbox linkages for the car; I do not. However, I did come across a couple gems, the door lock set (no trunk lid lock but hey ho). Predictably those are rusted solid so a bit of oil on them and that can soak in. Also found the screen wash pump. It was also locked solid and full of dirt, both in the case, in the motor and in the pump. A little bit of gentle persuasion and it again pumps. That's a saving.
    6 points
  23. I came across this RS200 at a classic car pub gathering and got quite close before I realised it wasn't a RS200. Had to investigate and turns out it's a Autozam AZ-1. Made by Mazda in the early 90s, gullwing doors and a 650cc turbocharged Suzuki Alto engine.
    6 points
  24. wuvvum

    The new news 24 thread

    Good to see the company's still going in one form or another. Although obviously that won't stop his son*, Ty Jankel, from trying to flog a replica of the Panther De Ville based on the Citroën Ami.
    6 points
  25. Asimo

    eBay tat volume 3.

    Chevy MonteCarlo: the cheapskate’s Cadillac Eldorado. This would be perfect* for my 7 mile commute (to the pub and back). That would be about 2 litres of petrol which is about the price of a good pint of ale. No rear brakes, but no mot needed so no problem. Also dissapointingly no column shifter. Was there ever a more down-market “luxury” interior? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204069817272
    6 points
  26. proper look round it today needs some paint on both bumpers and the bonnet (which i'm tempted to leave for now) can't find anything that doesn't work!!! paintwork has polished up lovely getting it serviced on wednesday next week
    5 points
  27. Gotta love a practical car...
    5 points
  28. A Panther fucking Rio!!! Jesus that’s a spot and a half!!! Never seen one in the metal!
    5 points
  29. maxxo

    2003 C5 exclusiveness!

    i realised the moment i drove it that it was a good one i think i've got very, very lucky with this £700 i paid
    5 points
  30. So yeah, made it home on half a tank zero issues at all with the car, it’s been absolutely fantastic even the air con is ice cold
    5 points
  31. maxxo

    2003 C5 exclusiveness!

    Some more pics Bloody hell this drives well 150 miles left to go
    5 points
  32. More people were buying used - but that stock is reducing, interest rates are rising and bills... ugh. The thing is July and August were always slow times commercially for advertising and car sales after the plate change moved. People have holidays and shit to deal with, and overheating on motorway jams aside, older cars tend to behave better in summer - winter brings out the bad starting, arcing in damp, car's soggy and miserable inside, another year passed and my car looks older mentality. The cynic in me also suspects whichever tory cu... candidate wins, the party and policies are engineered to keep the stress and perceived pain "high" until that is decided. Then when they get chosen and chucked into Boris's faeces-smeared wine-stained office and the last bits of wallpaper have been thrown away, they can "make it all better" and make the tories look like the good guys for the voters again with some bizarre backwards handout while still being the party that decided that actual people facing poverty should lose £20 a week they'd been given as a tiny uplift to already relatively much lower benefits support.
    5 points
  33. Missy Charm

    Ford timelord

    Nah, it's justified. That car was ancient.
    4 points
  34. I have picked up the spare fuel tank for the Saab 95.
    4 points
  35. I’ve got my eye on a TT Quattro Sport that they did as a run out model. No back seats, v6 bodykit and 1.8 with 240hp. It’s a Jap import to the UAE, but LHD, so most likely Euro market where it was called Club Sport. And it’s black so it doesn’t look daft like the other QS. Dealer here doesn’t know what he’s got, and he's pricing it like a 180.
    4 points
  36. Next,time to repair the drivers side bonnet hinge panel. Start by offering up a repair panel. Chop out the grot. Start to weld in the main patch. Strengthening panels welded back on. Replace the outer skin on the A pillar. Give it a squirt of temporary primer. Another bit done. Just the other side to do🙄
    4 points
  37. Asimo

    eBay tat volume 3.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304596330679
    4 points
  38. SiC

    Fall in used car sales

    There are nearly 33 million passenger cars on UK roads. There is 67 million people in the UK. A car for every two people. Do we even need any more cars made and imported? The country could just keep repairing the existing stock of vehicles and keeping them running, instead of new. Around 1m are scrapped every year. I bet a good proportion of them could be kept running safely.
    4 points
  39. Weather is back to being a bit more sensible now. Another patch in and a smaller one as needed to shape the curve. This is butt welded at the top to make things more awkward. The next one along will be a larger patch as it's mostly flat. Ground back. I could go flat but I don't think I'll bother with this. I prefer a bit of weld bead as I know I haven't gone too thin then. Quick slap of primer on the inside and out.
    4 points
  40. We're just (ironically) coming into line with the rest of Europe. New car and nearly-new car sales in the UK have been artificially inflated by finance deals for a very long time (since the end of the big fleet market, at a guess). On the continent, people tend to have their cars for a lot longer and repair them instead. In all honesty, it's not that Europe has old cars, it's that we have unusually new ones and easier lines to credit.
    4 points
  41. New POD

    The grumpy thread

    I've been here a while. What are you saying?
    4 points
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